Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,500 meters (4,920 feet) above Seymour Valley in three kilometers (1.9 mile).

Access to the peak is off-limits because the mountain lies within the Metro Vancouver watersheds which provide clean drinking water to the city.

[3] The landform was named for its cathedral-like appearance when viewed from the northeast by a British Columbia Mountaineering Club party who were climbing Mount Dickens in 1908.

[4] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains where they are forced upward by the range (Orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall.

As a result, the Coast Mountains experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall.